Gate-latch.



R. W. GEE.

GATE LATCH. APPLICATION FILED 00127, 1910.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

- To all whom itsniay concern:

vide a latch plate 1 on ROBERT W. GEE, 0F MONTPELIER, IDAHO.

PATENT OFFICE;

GATE-LATCH.

Be it knowngthatl, Ronen'r IV. G an, a citizen- 'of the United States,residing at Montpelier, in the county of Bear Lake and stateiof ldalio,have invented certain new, and useful Improvements in Gate-Latches; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in gate latches.- f

One object ofthe invention isto provide an improved gate latch adaptedto automatically fasten the gate when swung to a closed osition. Anotherobject is to provide a latch having a keeper adapted to be adjustablysecured to the latch post of the gate to compensate for any sag in'thegate or leaning of the latch post. 1

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claim. 1

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side view ofa portion of agate and a latch post showing the application of my improved latch; Fig.2 is a front elevation partly in section of the keeper plate of thelatch; Fig. 3 is a similar view of the latch plate a'nd'pin; Fig. 4 is adetail perspective view of the latch pin; Fig. 5 is a horizontalsectional view on the line-5-5 of Fig. 1.

In the embodiment ofthe invention I prothe outer side of which areformed upper and lower laterally projecting pin supporting lugs 2 inwhich are formed alined passages with which is slidably engaged thelatch pin 3. The lugs 2 may be formed in any suitable manner but arehere shown as being cut from the metal and bent outwardly at rightangles to the plate.

The latch pin 3 consists of a rod of sufficient length to project aboveand below the lugs- 2. 7 rod is bent into a horizontally disposed loopto form a handle while the lower end of the pin projects a sufficientdistance below the lower lug to engage the keeper hereinafter described.In the .pin 3 below the upper lug 2 is formed an eye through which.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 27, 1910.Serial No. 589,417.

The projecting upper end of the Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

is adapted to be inserted a cotter pin 5 or any other suitable form ofpin" whereby a stop is provided which, when the pin is raised willengage the upper lug 2 and thus prevent the pin from rising so far as todisengage the lower end thereof from the lower lug 2. In the pin 3adjacent to the lower end thereof is formed a second eye 5 with which isadapted to be engaged any suitable form of locking pin or adlock (notshown), but by means of which the pin may be locked in engagement withits keeper hereinafter described thereby fastening the gate in closedposition.

The latch plate 1 is provided with elongated screw holes or slots ladapted to receive fastening screws whereby the plate may be adjustablysecured to the gate.

The keeper for the latch comprises a plate 6 having formed on itsupper'end a right 'angularly projecting keeper or latch lug 7 which isprovided with a centrally disposed elongated pin receiving aperture orslot 8 with which the lower pro ecting end of the in is adapted to beengaged when the gate is swung to a closed position. The lug 7 has itsside edges turned down or inclined as at 9 whereby when the gate isswung to a closed osition and the end of the pin thus brought intoengagement with the latch lug the inclined surface of the lug will liftthe pin thus permitting the gate to swing to a full closed position atwhich time the end of the pin will engage and drop into the aperture 8in the lug thereby securely latching the gate in closed position. Thenit is desired to open the gate the handle of the pin is grasped and thelatter drawn upwardly out of engagement with the lug 7 of the keeper,thus permitting the swung open in either direction. If it should bedesired to lock the gate in closed position a cotter pin or padlock maybe enga ed with the aperture 5 in the lower end of the pin below the lug7 of the keeper thus preventmg the raising or disengagement of i thelatch pin from the keeper.

The keeper plate 6 is provided with elongated bolt or screw holes 6 withwhich are adapted to be engaged fastening screws or bolts whereby theplate is adjust ably secured to the latch post and together with thelatch plate 1, may be'adjusted vertically to compensate for any sag orleaning which may gate to bev lug? will preventany binding of the latch:Pi'iT'KVlllCh might be occasioned by the sag- *ging of the gate orleaning of the post.

' "From the foregoing description taken in finection with theaccompanying draw- 'ings, the construction and operation of theinvention will be readily understood without 'requiring a more extendedexplanation. Various changes in the form, proportion v1,0 and the minordetails of construe ion may be resorted to without departing from theprinciple or sacrificing any-of the advantages of the invention asdefined in the appended c aim.-

15 Having thus described my invention, what I claim 1s:

The combination with a latch post, and a gate mounted to swing past saidpost, of a ,1 latch plate secured on the end of the gate v: 20 andprovided near its upper and lower ends with lugs projecting toward thepost, a vertica-lly slidable latch pin mounted in send lugs and providedat its upper end with a handle adapted to rest upon the upper lug andprovided at its lower end with an aper- 25 ture adapted to receive alocking device,-a stop on the latch-pin between the lugs, and a keeperplatesecured-to the post and provided with a lug projecting into thepath of the latch pin and having its sides diver'g-s30 n'esses. I

1 ROBERT W. GEE. lVitnesses:

R. W. SULLIVAN,

MARY Moln'rosn.

